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Joseph Benavidez vs Danny Martinez Added to WEC 37 Card

Fronted by Luke Thomas.

World Extreme Cagefighting has just added another bantamweight fight for the December 3rd card. Joseph Benavidez (9-0) will be facing Danny Martinez (11-2). Benavidez comes into this fight with a perfect 9-0 record and having last fought for the Japanese organization Dream. Benavidez faced Junya Kudo at the July 21st event and went on to dominate Kudo en route to a submission win in the very first round. The young fighter is highly touted by teammate, and former WEC featherweight champion, Urijah Faber. Faber went even as far to say that Benavidez would be able to beat top ranked fighter Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto.

On the other side Danny Martinez comes into this fight with a very impressive 11-2 record. He also comes in as the Rage in the Cage bantamweight champion. Martinez last fought in October against Joey Marimberga. Martinez went on to win that fight in the third round by submission.

This fight has the potential to be very exciting. Benavidez looked impressive in his last fight and Martinez is looking to be a force in the exploding WEC bantamweight division. Both fighters are making their WEC debuts.

Here's how the rest of the card is shaping up:

WEC 37: Torres vs Tapia

The Joint - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Nevada

December 3rd 2008

  • Bantamweight Championship bout: Flag of the United States Miguel Torres vs. Flag of the United States Manny Tapia
  • Featherweight bout: Flag of Brazil Wagnney Fabiano vs. Flag of Japan Akitoshi Tamura
  • Bantamweight bout: Flag of the United States Brian Bowles vs. Flag of Brazil Will Ribeiro
  • Lightweight bout: Flag of Poland Bart Palaszewski vs. Flag of the United States Alex Karalexis
  • Featherweight bout: Flag of the United States Cub Swanson vs. Flag of Japan Hiroyuki Takaya
  • Lightweight bout: Flag of the United States Shane Roller vs. Flag of the United States Mike Budnik
  • Welterweight bout: Flag of the United States Johny Hendricks vs. Flag of Russia Alex Serdyukov
  • Featherweight bout: Flag of the United States Josh Grispi vs. Flag of Brazil Diego Nunes
  • Bantamweight bout Flag of the United States Joseph Benavidez vs. Flag of the United States Danny Martinez

via mmaweekly

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by Luke Thomas on Nov 13, 2008 3:58 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Another very nice looking card from our friends at WEC.

JB is definitely one of the top up and comers and I hope we get to see this fight.

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by BJJDenver on Nov 13, 2008 4:29 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Prediction....

None of the fighters will be tall enough to jump up and straddle the cage after victory.

by nitro on Nov 13, 2008 4:47 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I love this card. It should be very damned entertaining.

by Richard Wade on Nov 13, 2008 4:51 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awesome card.

by lbk on Nov 13, 2008 4:52 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Really nice card.

But no Varner/Cerrone?

by Tonley on Nov 13, 2008 5:03 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cerrone just fought at WEC 36, which was like a week or so ago.

by Discman2 on Nov 13, 2008 5:11 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I didn’t pay attention to this:

December 3rd 2008

Guess I’m got used to the multiple title fights on WEC cards and wasn’t thinking.

by Tonley on Nov 13, 2008 5:17 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Guess I*

Commenting on MMA blogs during class kills grammar.

by Tonley on Nov 13, 2008 5:17 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree with all of my fellow WEC enthusiasts, this card looks great from top to bottom.

by Estrada on Nov 13, 2008 8:52 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Josh Grispi vs. Diego Nunes

This could be fight of the night. But heck, the majority of them could be. Good stuff.

by Chris Nelson on Nov 14, 2008 12:09 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looking forward to see Grispi fight

by DJ Soma on Nov 14, 2008 8:40 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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